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that would have done, why were not all my brother mutineers saved from
sin? It was not even when we read the Bible that deliverance came. I
read it for ten years as a sealed book. No, George, no; it was when
God's Holy Spirit opened the eyes and the heart, that I an' the dear
women an' child'n became nothin', and fell in with His ways."

He stopped suddenly, as if exhausted, and his new friend led him gently
to his house. Many loving eyes watched him as he went along, and many
tender hearts beat for him, but better still, many true hearts prayed
for him.

That night he became weaker, and next day he did not rise.

When this became known, all the settlement crowded to his house, while
from his bed there was a constant coming and going of those who had the
right to be nearest to him. Nursed by the loving women whom he had
led--and whose children's children he had led--to Jesus, and surrounded
by men whom he had dandled, played with, reared, and counselled, he
passed into the presence of God, to behold "the King in his beauty," to
be "for ever with the Lord."

May we join him, reader, you and I, when our time comes!

On a tombstone over a grave under the banyan-tree near his house, is the
simple record, "John Adams, died 5th March 1829, aged 65."

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And here our tale must end, for the good work which we have sought to
describe has no end. Yet, for the sake of those who have a regard for
higher things than a mere tale, we would add a few words before making
our farewell bow.

The colony of Pitcairn still exists and flourishes. But many changes
have occurred since Adams left the scene, though the simple, guileless
spirit of the people remains unchanged.

Here is a brief summary of its history since 1829.

George Nobbs had gained the affections of the people before Adams's
death, and he at once filled the vacant place as well as it was possible
for a stranger to do so.

In 1830 the colony consisted of nearly ninety souls, and it had for some
time been a matter of grave consideration that the failure of water by
drought might perhaps prove a terrible calamity. It was therefore
proposed by Government that the people of Pitcairn should remove to
Otaheite, or, to give the island its modern name, Tahiti. There was
much division of opinion among the islanders, and Mr Nobbs objected.
However, the experiment was tried, and it failed signal